Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-30
A NAVE ON WICHITA.
o. That Nine Enemy Would Write a
Book.

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ter. As for, or touching, Wichita, the let
Ter is so full of lies and misrepresentation:
that 1t refutes itself. But for the unhappy
towns situated within the shadow of thi;
quiescent commercial giant, they are en-
titled TO our sympa,hies:
ST.. JOSEPH, March %. 1887.
DR.. John A. Brady, Louisville, KY.
Dear Sir: Some of the people or your
state have been attracted to the city of
Wichita by the fulsome descriptions and the
wonderful prosperity of that city. A great
many have doubtlessed reaped rich rewards
from their inv estmentS those who have
held on il not yet left, viii surely be in a
short time. Having been Identified in the
west all our lives, we can see ne stability for
large city at that point. There Is 30 posi-
bility for "a sewerage system and cellars are
ir,practicable. We believe it has seen Its
best day.
re.l..lt US to call your attention to the sd
vantages of this city, probably the richest
city in the United States for It's population,
which numbers about 5000. 1t has enjoyed
the largest commercial trade OF any city III
the west-the jobbing of groceries and dry
goods in this cIUy is equal to that OF any city
of its size in the country. The character and
credit of the houses are like Caesars wife.
The element Of conservation hes too largely
characterized individual companies in the
past and thsy have lost sigh of the pubiic
interests; but OF late years younger mon
have taken hold, noticed the mistakes OF
their predecessors and 10y judisious and care
full investments have Started the wbot.l rolling.
Real estate in this city has lover value
than any other commodity. Il has been
pounded for years.
The extension OF the Chicago, Rock l-land
& Pacific west, called the Chicago, Kansas
& Nebraska, IS being rapidly pushzd. The
northwest branch IS now completed Two
hundred miles, as far as Nelson, Nebraska,
and will probably be extended to Denver,
aud at DO distant date, possibly to the Pacific
COST; the southwest extension i, now COM
pleted to Topeka, Kansas and the track laii
beyond probably thirty or forty mites, con
tracts for grading, tieing ana lie laying OF
rails, etc, as far as No MANS Laid, TO be
completed 10y January lst, add IN 1883 you
will see it well into Texas into the cattle re-
F'"n, pouring its untold wealth into this
city.
1. Stock Yards company has recently been
organized IN this city, purchasing over 40o
acres of land near the city limits, contracts
have been let for preparing the yards, grad
ing, sewerage, etc, and the company now
stand ready to deEate to any large beef and
pork packing company that come here and
erect large plants sll the lard they will need
for building purposes, switch facilities and
everything pertaining to the packing busi-
ness.
Ii any OF your people contemplate making
Investments in the west, it Will be we'll worth
your while TO look into the merits of thus
city. If you do not want to come yourself,
send some of your friends and they Will rs
turn lanen with rich rewards that their In
vestmenIs viii develop.
Parnon Us for intrudiDg on your valuable
time, but your name vas given US 10y a
mutual friend. Yours truly,
SAM II NAVE,
Of Nave & McCorn Mer. Co.
Dr. John A Brady, to whom the above
Navisb letter is scGreseed is the founder
Of Lerado. which place will soon he linked
to Wichita by the Diamond Line, and who
possessing the most intimate knowledge OF
the gressness Of southwest Kansas and of
its flcurishing metropolis, Sends Us the
above
This Nave & McCora Mercantile Com
psny ere The saline, we believe. who now
have a wholesale stor.house or warehouse |
IN this city, frem which gCcds are shipped |
TO their customers throughout this section |
Of the state, snd TO tll orders received by |
their Kansas City or ST. Joe house, and,
whom the Associated Press las, fsl depie.! |!
that they had any house IN Wichita. The
denial of sneaking concern We
care little for, but. when such |
firm, not satisfied with using our
C ity as natural base of supply and. on
the sly, resorts to private letters to promi-
n ent capitalists to defame Wichita We
hardly know whether to laugh at their |
green insolence or to be provoked over
their contemptibly mean ways.
That half of the prominent cities west Of |
Alleghenics are. through their public
prints, fighting Wichita we are well aware.
but we had not supposed that firm of
men. claiming 10 lie honorable, were resort |
ing 10 defamation through private letters |
The writer of the above letter acknowl |
edges our wonderful prosperity as a city,
and doubtless a great many have here |
reaped rich rewards from their invest |
menis," but he says there is no possibility |
of sewerage system and that cellars are
improbable He told the truth rs to pres
perity" and rewards" and lied IS to
Sewerage ard cellars" Touch |
lag the matter Of sewerage ii |
Is only necessary to say TO the people who
never saw Wichita, that there are two |
rivers and a creek, each of fall of eight |
feet to the mile, and with abundance of |
water, flowing through our city limits. and |
that profile and report Of an eminent ex |
pert sewer engineer are on file In this cit, |
which shows that from the upper to the |
lower side Of the old corporation limits, |
straight down through our city, that there
Is fall Of twenty seven and three ienths |
feet. The only question now is shall We
believe The evidence Of our own eyes back
cd by the figures Of a competen! engineer
or take the word of this Missouri Nave.
How big lie can b. manufactured out of
whole cloth will be better understood
by eastern people when We tell them that the
Big Arkansas. which runs square through
our city, is not only swift stream. but
that the city today is well drained by SIM
pie surface bitches. As for the cellar lie,
our Missouri friend gets down too low to
lie entitled to denial Cellars, they are
under business houses and under residcn-
ces all over town and whenever desired.
But AS rule cur people are inclined TO do